NOTES, CAPTURES, ETC. 23 
Notes oN THE Past Srason.—The dearth of Lepidoptera 
this season has been as marked here as it has been in other 
places. The mild winter and the storm of April 29th are, I 
think, to be blamed for the empty store-boxes. The sallows were 
too forward, and produced but little,—a few T’eniocampa gracilis, 
T. munda, and one example of Xylina semibrunnea, being the 
reward of several nights’ hard work. A few Brephos parthenias 
were taken, and Melitea artemis turned up in some numbers. 
One specimen of Stauropus fagi was taken at rest on a holly tree 
by one of my pupils. Arge galathea, usually so abundant here, 
was very scarce, and I had great difficulty in procuring a dozen 
for a friend. I spent August at Lulworth Cove, but nothing was 
on the move there; and I did not set a lepidopterous insect the 
whole time. The sugar-pot and the ivy-bloom have proved no 
use; and the only thing that remains is to wish for better times. 
—[Rev.] A. C. Hervey; ‘Titchfield, Fareham, Hants, November 
23, 1882. 
LepipopTerous Larvm® anp YELLow Frowrrs. —The larva 
of Heliothis armigera seems to have a partiality for yellow flowers. 
I found some feeding on the flowers of evening primrose at 
Biarritz in October last year; failing that, they readily took to 
honeysuckle flowers. When I brought them to England, and 
offered them a choice of chrysanthemums (the only flower I had 
at that time), they preferred yellow ones, and throve upon them. 
One day I gave them a red chrysanthemum, and they would not 
eat that, but ate one of their number; they had shown no 
tendency to cannibalism on the journey when the honeysuckle 
was not fresh. Last June I had two larve of Chesias spartiata, 
one dark green (as described in Stainton’s ‘ Manual’), feeding on 
the leaves of broom, the other entirely yellow, feeding on the 
flowers. ‘They were on the same plant; the yellow one never 
touched the leaves, but the green one occasionally ate the flower. 
A larva of Lithosia quadra was sent mein June. I had never 
seen one, and, not knowing that lichen was its proper food, I gave 
it a selection to choose from, and it preferred yellow broom 
flowers, though it tried a little elm, buckthorn, cherry, and lettuce. 
M.S. Jenxyns; East Molesey, Nov., 1882. 
CERAMBYX CERDO, L., Ar DEAu.—A fine female example of 
this beetle was taken at the back of the town last August, and 
